Every three months, Alexa, the web information company, announces website rankings globally and country by country. It shows some interesting characteristics about a country’s internet industry such as the rate of globalization. Here’s the ranking in Korea.
#1. Naver.com : I already introduced this site in my blog. It has convenient search function as well as news and email.
#2. Daum.net : It provided the first free webmail service in Korea. Interestingly, its original domain was hanmail.net, which sounds similar to hotmail.com. Although it has expanded its service to search, online shopping, news, and entertainment, many people still use it for email service.
#3. Yahoo.co.kr : Although its market share is far behind Naver.com, Yahoo is more popular than Google. The reason is that Yahoo Korea adopted strong localization policies.
#4. YouTube.com : Many Koreans enjoy internet videos thanks to its high-speed internet connection. They share various videos and I also enjoy Korean TV programs in London through Youtube.
#5. Google.com : It has been not that successful in Korea, since it has done almost nothing to satisfy Korean users. Will Google Korea localize, or will Korean users globalize?
#6. Cyworld.com : As introduced in my previous blog, it is the largest social networking service in Korea. I had never seen any Facebook users in Korea before coming to London.
#7. Paran.com : It gained popularity through 5GB free webmail, serviced by KT, the largest telecommunication company.
#8. Windows live : We have learned the power of default in class. Especially in Korea, people rarely use Apple’s laptop.
#9. Tistory.com : Bloging site run by Daum.net, ranked at 2nd.
#10. Joins.com : The first internet news service launched in Asia. Joongang Daily, one of the largest newspapers in Korea operates it.
Saturday 21 February 2009
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